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You don't want to keep the feed covered by water as that would promote anaerobic bacteria. You want aerobic bacteria, so you'll need to keep the mixture aerated. You should also start out by adding apple cider vinegar that has the 'mother' in it, like Bragg's.

Hey Flywheel, What I do to make it as easy as possible is to put a cup or so of past fermented feed into a bucket, fill the bucket 1/3 with water (which should mix the starter feed throughout), then add feed up to the 2/3-3/4 level. Mix thoroughly, adding just enough water to come to the top...

My understanding is that egg allergies are usually actually allergies to the phytoestrogens (sp?) present in chicken eggs due to the soy in the feed. Ducks pass far less pytoestrogens through in the eggs, and quail almost none. As soy is the cheapest and most common source of protein in animal...

Some people raise their quail with chickens with no issues and some have had infection issues in their quail from chickens. There are a few posts here about raising quail with chickens, so look them up and decide what you're comfortable with. I have both and, though I have my quail closer...

They will usually lay an egg a day, but might miss a day every couple of weeks. If they get stressed, they're quite prone to stop laying for a week or three. When I moved my hens last it took them 3 weeks to start laying again.

Just make sure he's eating and drinking. If he is, he'll be fine, just small, so keep him with the others. The think about quail is, if they're not eating and drinking, they won't live more than a couple of days, so if he keeps going, he should be fine. I've got a runt from my last batch...

They might not start laying for another week or so. Make sure they're getting at least 12 hours of light a day, which they should be in your location now.

It's likely just that their adult feathers are coming in. They don't look anywhere near as cute as it's going on.

I don't think I've ever seen cot eggs move. Sometimes I think I might, but I think that's just wishful thinking. I wouldn't worry about not seeing any movement. Good luck.

They're idiots.

Do searches on this site. There's a lot of information here. Search space, feed, with chickens, etc.

It's generally accepted that you start to switch at 8 weeks, and many people do that by blending in progressively more grower until they're on all grower. If you're not raising many you can keep feeding starter longer if you still have feed left. If you use a google search, you'll find a...

I lost 5 chickens last year to a raccoon. It waited outside my automatic door until it opened and then went in and made me sad. They are not my favourite animals.

You certainly seemed to be on the offensive against FF so if I seemed to be defensive, that's why. I don't care what you post, but when you take a contrary opinion without any experience and question whether or not people are even smart enough to discern if it's working for them, you should get...

That's why I said "in my experience". Packs of coyotes, hawks and a bald eagle make tractoring the only viable option if you want them to get access to pasture.

Obviously they're consuming water from the feed as well. I would have thought it was obvious that the poster meant water consumption from the waterer, which saves time in re-filling if you don't have to do it as often. That off-sets the amount of time taken to FF. You seem to have an axe to...

Hey, do whatever floats your boat, but I think that people here are smart enough to determine if feed reduction is due to less wastage or less feed consumed. If you haven't tried it, you can go ahead and doubt all you want, but it doesn't add much to the conversation. If you'd tried it and...

I didn't say tractors are the same as free-ranged. I said that I thought they were better than free range, in my experience.

I didn't have any rodent of waste issues and I noticed a large reduction in feed consumption. Why don't you try it out and see how it works for you? It's ridiculously easy.

Start with FF chick starter and switch to FF grower on schedule. Having free-ranged birds, I think tractors are better. I'm focusing on quail now, so someone else will have to answer #4 for you, but it should be around week 8-10, depending on how much you're counting on pasture for feed and...